Poster to raise funds insupport of the Republican forces during the Spansh Civil War

Raúl Anguiano Mexican
Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican

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One of several posters created at TGP for "Help Spain Week" during the Spanish Civil War, this print shows a Mexican family donating their personal possessions to support the Republican cause. The "C.T.M." refers to its sponsor, the Education Union within the Confederation of Mexican Workers. The outbreak of the war in July 1936 had profound resonance in Mexico. Continuing until May 1939, it was fought between a conglomerate of left-leaning groups (Republicans) and the right-wing Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco, regarded by the left in Mexico as embodying international fascism. Only the governments of Mexico and the Soviet Union supported the struggling Republicans, and Mexico opened its door to thousands of orphan children and refugees.



Este es uno de los carteles creados en el TGP para la «Semana de ayuda a España» durante la guerra civil española. Muestra a una familia mexicana donando sus posesiones personales para apoyar la causa republicana. Las iniciales «C.T.M.» hacen referencia a su patrocinador, el Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Enseñanza, que formaba parte de la Confederación de Trabajadores de México. El estallido de la guerra civil española en julio de 1936 tuvo un profundo eco en México. La contienda, que se prolongó hasta mayo de 1939, enfrentó a un conglomerado de grupos izquierdistas (los republicanos) con los nacionales de derechas liderados por el general Francisco Franco, encarnación, para la izquierda mexicana, del fascismo internacional. Solo los Gobiernos de México y la Unión Soviética apoyaron a los republicanos en dificultades, y México abrió sus puertas a miles de niños huérfanos y refugiados.

Poster to raise funds insupport of the Republican forces during the Spansh Civil War, Raúl Anguiano (Mexican, 1915–2006), Lithograph with red lettering on pink paper backed with linen

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